The Easy StuffThe two biggest obstacles to providing affordable housing on the South Fork are cost and public opposition. But there are some affordable housing opportunities that don’t require taxpayer money and meet only mild resistance. The Village of North Haven has...
Rooted in the SoilFour decades ago, as John v.H. Halsey noted in an article last week, the idea of preserving land on the East End wasn’t new: Suffolk County and the towns had started to look at doing piecemeal projects where the municipalities...
Air PressureWhile a massive air cargo facility being proposed in Calverton may seem too many miles away for concern for most residents of the South Fork, the mammoth size of the project and its potential impact should send shock waves across...
Gold Stars and Dunce CapsGold Star: Several of them, in fact, after an agreement in Albany finally will put in place long-overdue protection for historic burial sites. It’s hard to imagine that unmarked graves — whether they hold the remains of early settlers, war...
Keep TryingLast week, the Southampton Town Board abandoned plans to float a trial beach driving program in East Quogue, following opposition from some community members at a public hearing in April. The pilot program was intended to allow a time-honored tradition...
A Big InvestmentMoney won’t fix everything. But when you’re looking at a multigenerational problem — decades of leaky septic systems and other polluting sources flooding our groundwater and threatening our drinking water supply — the more money put to the task, the...
Room To GrowSag Harbor School District is in fine financial shape. On Tuesday, district residents will vote on a $48.06 million budget for the 2023-24 school year — a spending plan that has one of the lowest tax levy increases in the...
Please Press PauseAs the nation and the state turn more toward sustainable energy solutions, there’s bound to be some growing pains. Such is the case with a rash of applications for battery energy storage systems (BESS) across the East End. The facilities...
Staff Writer on Sep 14, 2021